svglite + ggplot + customizability of output from ggplot2 side

[Alex Reynolds]

When using svglite to export a ggplot object, are there any controls in ggplot2 which allow taking elements from a ggplot object and assigning them specific id values or group names, which can then be populated into the SVG output as ids or class names for elements or groups of elements in the SVG DOM? 

In other words, say I have a web service that can export an SVG of a ggplot to a div in my web browser, and I want to use d3.js to provide interactivity with the plot, I would use the d3.js API to access elements in the SVG DOM via class or id names. 

Are there any calls in the ggplot2 API that programmatically offer unique id values or group names for primitives/objects or groups of primitives/objects inside a plot — lines, points, rects, etc., which can translate over to the svglite output?

I think third-party offerings like plot.ly offer interactivity with plots, but I'm looking to use d3.js directly for an internal project, however. Thanks for any advice!

Regards,

Alex

[Hadley Wickham]

Unfortunately not, because svglite is a generic R graphics device, and
there's no way to pass that information through R's graphics rendering
pipeline.

Hadley

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[Joyce Robbins]

I haven't tried it so I don't know if it does what you want, but I came across the gridSVG package which might be of help:

https://sjp.co.nz/projects/gridsvg/

Joyce

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[Alex Reynolds]

This looks promising, thanks very much for the pointer!